As of September 2025, Orca Book Distribution is handling the distribution of Desert Ink ... Read More »
October 21, 2025
Two Ontario-based independent presses have announced a merger. Assembly Press, based in Picton, and Kingston-based poetry press Brick Books, announced a merger of operations on October 20. Under the new arrangement, each press will maintain ... Read More »
October 20, 2025
University of Toronto Press workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate. CUPE 3261, the union that represents more than 130 workers at the UTP Distribution warehouse as well as at University of Toronto ... Read More »
October 20, 2025
Maggie Helwig has won the 2025 Toronto Book Award for her book Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community. Helwig was one of six writers shortlisted for this year's award, which honours works of literary ... Read More »
October 16, 2025
Simon and Schuster Canada’s Grace O’Connell has acquired Canadian rights to Craig Shreve’s The Maroon King. The novel, based on a true story, is described as a visceral, sweeping historical novel that reimagines one of ... Read More »
October 16, 2025
HarperCollins Canada editor-in-chief Jennifer Lambert has been named the recipient of the 2025 Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents (PACLA) Person of the Year award. The award, now in its third year, recognizes “exemplary individuals ... Read More »
October 15, 2025
This year’s Livres Canada Books stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair is noticeably smaller than last year’s, and although fair attendance tends to fluctuate naturally from year to year, the drop points to the ongoing ... Read More »
October 15, 2025
Kegedonce Press publisher Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm has been named the recipient of the 2025 Ivy Award. Akiwenzie-Damm will be presented with the award on Oct. 29 at an event during the upcoming Toronto International Festival of ... Read More »
October 15, 2025
Art director Marie Bartholomew retired from Kids Can Press in July after more than 30 years with the company. Andrew Dupuis has been promoted to art director. Dupuis has been at Kids Can Press for 12 years ... Read More »
October 15, 2025
House of Anansi Press owner Scott Griffin has big goals for the storied independent press’s newly announced board. The press announced its restructuring plans last week. President Semarah Al-Hillal will step down from that role ... Read More »
October 15, 2025
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